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The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

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kotahlotah's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What the actual fuck.
Where was this book when I was in all of my previous fantasy book slumps?

The first ~7 chapters were fine enough, it felt like any other fantasy read, really. Jumping in to a new world, learning terms, and just sort of accepting things as they come up. Oh there’s vampires with different types of wings? Ya sure. This big mega vamp wants this rando human child as a pseudo child of his own? Go wild. But once you’re securely in the trials that take place in this book, *you get hooked*. The world is simple but still feels so real with the way Broadbent describes it. It was almost a theme while I was reading; expecting something shallow due to how little this book/author has been talked about in the mainstream until now (thank you booktok), but then being utterly surprised when proven wrong. Each chapter just revealed more and more strings and important details and connections and and and. I am thoroughly amazed.
I know many people are comparing Broadbent’s series and their respective tones to Sarah J Maas’ books, but there really is no better parallel. I’ve yet to read any other books by Broadbent, but there is no doubt I will collect as many as I can get my hands on.

Seriously though, if you are a fan of SJ Maas, give this author a go.

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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reneec1's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
*reading order note at bottom

I couldn’t put this book down from the very beginning. It was my favorite read so far this year!

PLOT: The plot reminded me of The Hunger Games or Throne of Glass with the fight-to-the-death trials, while being for an older audience.

CHARACTERS: I loved the characters in this story! Some of the connections between them and their histories could have been fleshed out a little more. I honestly would have been happier with a longer book if it would have given more time for that.

WORLDBUILDING: I can’t say the world of the magic is unique in this book, but the plot was so interesting that I didn’t care.

READING ORDER: On her Instagram, Carissa has a suggested reading order that’s the same as publication order:
1. The Serpent and the Wings of Night
2. Six Scorched Roses
3. The Ashes and the Star Cursed King
4. Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
I read in this order and it worked really well. I’m going to refer to them based on their numbers above.
-1 & 3 are a duology and definitely need to be read in that order.
-2 & 4 are stand alones. They could be read whenever, but there’s more world building in 1 than in these.
-Characters from 2 show up in 3, but it’s not necessary to have read 2 before 3.
-4 is more separated, but looks like it’ll tie into future Crowns of Nyaxia books.
I hope that helps!

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milla_b's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I am broken…… I need book 2 asap. I liked the book from the beginning but was not prepared to fall in love with it and it’s characters.
The first quarter while good, felt like many other fantasy books and in some ways it is and a little predictable….HOWEVER…..the way in which the events play out and the emotional roller coaster that Carissa leads you through was something I was not prepared for.
She buried her characters into my heart and then ripped it apart….. I thought this would be good, but it was soooo much better then good.

I have fallen in love with this author and will now go and read everything she has written.

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